St Margaret, Fernhurst, Sussex

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Location

(51°2′55″N, 0°43′7″W)

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Site Location

Fernhurst

National Grid Reference

SU 899 285

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval St Margaret
now St Margaret

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn Morrison

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Feature Sets

Furnishings

Description

The church was restored in the 19thc., leaving few traces of the medieval structure. Two windows and a buttress on the N side are of 12thc. date. The church contains a Romanesque font.

History

Fernhurst is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. The chancel and nave were built in the 12th century, a S porch added by 1790 (Grimm drawing), and the S aisle, tower and vestry added in 1859 and 1881.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex. 4 (Chichester Rape) 1953, 56-57, with plan.

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 220 (no mention of font).

A.K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 50-51.